Regional News
The nationwide shortage of nurses continues almost unabated, but for Missouri and Kansas, new figures from the Census Department show the bistate region is in better shape than most other states. Data compiled by Becker’s Hospital Review for June ranked…
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The University of Kansas and The University of Kansas Health System announced Tuesday the Sunderland Foundation will gift $100 million for the development of a new destination cancer center. The new facility will be located on the 39th and Rainbow…
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Saint Louis food company Bunge Ltd. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with Netherlands-based Viterra Ltd., in an effort to create an agribusiness powerhouse. The mega deal will create a global agribusiness company to compete in complex markets…
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Prospective home buyers seem to have adjusted to rising interest rates, as fresh Census data showed that new home sales in May rose 12.2 percent month-over-month. Home builder confidence has been increasing over the past few months, and for good…
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Kansas City’s logistics scene has been red-hot for a long time, but there will soon be a chill in the air. No, not because things are slowing down; it’s coming from a new collaboration between Canadian Pacific Kansas City and…
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Ace Hardware is adding a new retail support center to the Kansas City area and will see the addition of 350 jobs. Construction for this 1.5 million-square-foot facility is expedited to begin in 2023 and will be fully operational by…
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Q: How long has TranSystem been in talks with this engineering firm WBCM and what are you looking for when acquiring a group like this? A: We have been engaged with WBCM for a little over a year now and…
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New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that nearly 19 percent of adults in the U.S. were experiencing some form of depression in 2020—a year in which the pandemic restrictions added huge stresses to career…
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As part of the sixth annual ranking of the Best Banks In Each State 2023, Commerce Bancshares, Inc. and UMB have broke reached a rank of fourth and fifth respectively based on the banks’ attention to community financing. Nodaway Valley…
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A new professional development group for Women in Healthcare is spawning a new chapter in the Heartland and will help to educate and mentor women in the healthcare industry. The Heartland chapter president Erin Nybo said the idea of starting…
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